Web Site Review
www.rainforestmaths.com
Interactive Mathematics Activities K-6
By Jenny Eather @2006
This is a favorite site that is used by the fourth grade students at our school to assist with learning mathematics facts.
This colorful jungle looking site has activities for K-6 grade. Just select the grade level that you desire. I chose the fourth grade. Then colorful pictures show up beside the headings of Numbers, Algebra, Measurement and Space. Horizontally across from numbers are the headings: sequencing, operations and calculations, and fractions. Just click on the pictures to bring up the category that you want. Algebra has listed behind it: patterns, functions, equivalence, and equations. Measurement covers meter measurement for the most part. Here the topics are: length, volume, capacity, mass, and time. Finally, after Space is listed 3-D shapes, 2-D shapes, chance, probability, data, and money.
On the home page is an additional link to an Interactive Math Dictionary and Writing Fun. I looked up acute angle. A clever picture of a pelican drew you attention right away. There was a definition and then you could set the angle for the number of degrees that you wanted it. You could change it as often as you liked.
The Writing Fun was an excellent site also. There were writing text organizers. These were downloads and were printable material to use in teaching.
Our school children really enjoy this colorful, attractive site. I recommend it for additional practice in math skills.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Math: Thinking Mathematically on the Internet
Chapter 8
Teaching With the Internet K – 12: New Literacies for New Times
Leu, Leu, and Coiro
The National Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathemetics has changed from the 1998’s version to an updated version where math is to make sense for the students. (I printed out two pages of this above site regarding the fourth grade Math Curriculum Standards.)
This past week on the Smart Board I saw children who were seeing two different dominos with dots and then clicking on the correct count for the total dots seen. This activity fosters instant visualization of addition facts. Now days the NCLB is including a new term called numeracy that is informed acquisition, critical evaluation, problem solving, and communication of math. They are linking numeracy to literacy in their federal legislation.
In searching out my favorite directory site as the text suggested we do, the main one suggested was the Eisenhower site but it is by subscription only presently at this time. So other sites that I checked out were the Math Archives, the Math Virtual Library, and the Math Forum. (Some of the other sites would not come up so the addresses must not be current. I did not check to see if I could locate them on Google or another site. Sometimes you can locate them elsewhere.)
On the Math Virtual Library, I could find material by grade level. There were lots of math activity suggestions given. Everything from time, money, and clocks to word problems for children is located here. It is a site for Elementary to High School age where information can be found on all topics of math.
The Math Archives Site had lots of Lesson Plan links for K- 12th grade. These links lead you to many other links.
I particularly liked the Math Forum @Drexal. Through this site I linked to a Pro Teacher. Community 4-8 site where teachers could ask questions. I was able to find seven pages of helpful hints in teaching perimeter and area from other teachers. So many wonderful ideas were listed there that were helpful.
For the Internet Workshop activities, I was able to locate a few sites that would be helpful in a working on math problems. There was a Brain Teasers Site that gave one math problem a week. Then listed the following week the answer and the next new problem to solve. The Interactive Math Miscellany and Puzzles site had a lot of interesting math activities for children to do also. There were links to math games and Sylvan Math. There were sites for teachers and parents with lots of free materials listed. Its goal was to make math really fun for children so there are many interesting activities. You can link to Cut the Knot here also which has even more exciting math activities. These could be incorporated into a math workshop.
Then I checked out some registry sites for Internet Projects that a fourth grade class could perform. I felt that the Food Prices Around the World site would be appropriate. It listed several different foods that children were to price. Then it could be uploaded to US Site. They could then look at the World Food Price information. This site has been available for sixteen years. Contact person is david@landmark-project.com The other site that would be a good one was listed as Create a Graph at Kid Zone. It is a very useable site. You just fill in the information that is needed. You select the kind of a graph you want to create. It has you list the Titles and then the number information needed.
Finally, the text wanted three websites that meet the needs of the fourth grade class using the criteria. I liked the text book suggestion of the Best Weather site which met all of the criteria mentioned in Chapter three of the text.
Using Google I found a couple more Web Quest Sites that I book marked. One was E-Mints from the Missouri Teachers and E-Mints National Center. There were eight sites listed. I choose two that I liked. One was Plan an Authentic Halloween Party using a budget. Then the other one was Plan Your Bedroom using a $500.00 budget. They are to provide a floor plan, do a Power Point Presentation, and graph how they spent the money. The last site I selected was Interactive Web Sites PF-6 Teachers and Students. The Web Quest selected here was Do You Know Your Place? . . .Values. This resource linked to other sites where they practiced skills. There were listed the process and advice. It was made by Tameka McGhee of Free-Hardeman University. Then Dealing With Devilish Division was the last Web Quest. Here tasks were listed, resources and a game site. This is James Sugg’s Site.
It took a while to locate this information but I believe that it will be useable information for the classroom teacher when planning for modern date Math Literacy using the internet.
Teaching With the Internet K – 12: New Literacies for New Times
Leu, Leu, and Coiro
The National Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathemetics has changed from the 1998’s version to an updated version where math is to make sense for the students. (I printed out two pages of this above site regarding the fourth grade Math Curriculum Standards.)
This past week on the Smart Board I saw children who were seeing two different dominos with dots and then clicking on the correct count for the total dots seen. This activity fosters instant visualization of addition facts. Now days the NCLB is including a new term called numeracy that is informed acquisition, critical evaluation, problem solving, and communication of math. They are linking numeracy to literacy in their federal legislation.
In searching out my favorite directory site as the text suggested we do, the main one suggested was the Eisenhower site but it is by subscription only presently at this time. So other sites that I checked out were the Math Archives, the Math Virtual Library, and the Math Forum. (Some of the other sites would not come up so the addresses must not be current. I did not check to see if I could locate them on Google or another site. Sometimes you can locate them elsewhere.)
On the Math Virtual Library, I could find material by grade level. There were lots of math activity suggestions given. Everything from time, money, and clocks to word problems for children is located here. It is a site for Elementary to High School age where information can be found on all topics of math.
The Math Archives Site had lots of Lesson Plan links for K- 12th grade. These links lead you to many other links.
I particularly liked the Math Forum @Drexal. Through this site I linked to a Pro Teacher. Community 4-8 site where teachers could ask questions. I was able to find seven pages of helpful hints in teaching perimeter and area from other teachers. So many wonderful ideas were listed there that were helpful.
For the Internet Workshop activities, I was able to locate a few sites that would be helpful in a working on math problems. There was a Brain Teasers Site that gave one math problem a week. Then listed the following week the answer and the next new problem to solve. The Interactive Math Miscellany and Puzzles site had a lot of interesting math activities for children to do also. There were links to math games and Sylvan Math. There were sites for teachers and parents with lots of free materials listed. Its goal was to make math really fun for children so there are many interesting activities. You can link to Cut the Knot here also which has even more exciting math activities. These could be incorporated into a math workshop.
Then I checked out some registry sites for Internet Projects that a fourth grade class could perform. I felt that the Food Prices Around the World site would be appropriate. It listed several different foods that children were to price. Then it could be uploaded to US Site. They could then look at the World Food Price information. This site has been available for sixteen years. Contact person is david@landmark-project.com The other site that would be a good one was listed as Create a Graph at Kid Zone. It is a very useable site. You just fill in the information that is needed. You select the kind of a graph you want to create. It has you list the Titles and then the number information needed.
Finally, the text wanted three websites that meet the needs of the fourth grade class using the criteria. I liked the text book suggestion of the Best Weather site which met all of the criteria mentioned in Chapter three of the text.
Using Google I found a couple more Web Quest Sites that I book marked. One was E-Mints from the Missouri Teachers and E-Mints National Center. There were eight sites listed. I choose two that I liked. One was Plan an Authentic Halloween Party using a budget. Then the other one was Plan Your Bedroom using a $500.00 budget. They are to provide a floor plan, do a Power Point Presentation, and graph how they spent the money. The last site I selected was Interactive Web Sites PF-6 Teachers and Students. The Web Quest selected here was Do You Know Your Place? . . .Values. This resource linked to other sites where they practiced skills. There were listed the process and advice. It was made by Tameka McGhee of Free-Hardeman University. Then Dealing With Devilish Division was the last Web Quest. Here tasks were listed, resources and a game site. This is James Sugg’s Site.
It took a while to locate this information but I believe that it will be useable information for the classroom teacher when planning for modern date Math Literacy using the internet.
Family Circle Article Review
Family Circle Article Review
March 2008
Source: Common Sense Media
Computer Supervision From the Parent’s View Point
I thought that this article was important to share because it gave the parent’s perspective of supervision while their children are on computer. Because while in my statistics of the children’s evaluation of supervision, students felt that 74% of the time they were unsupervised.
According to this article, it stated that parents who regularly spot check children’s use and computer activity is at 92%.
Parents who visit websites with their children is at 72%.
Those who use filters or blocking software run to 58%.
Parents who used a site recommendation from other parents is 52%.
Forty - eight percent of parents used and received sites from teachers at school.
So my thought is perhaps when children think they are not being monitored, they actually are being monitored.
March 2008
Source: Common Sense Media
Computer Supervision From the Parent’s View Point
I thought that this article was important to share because it gave the parent’s perspective of supervision while their children are on computer. Because while in my statistics of the children’s evaluation of supervision, students felt that 74% of the time they were unsupervised.
According to this article, it stated that parents who regularly spot check children’s use and computer activity is at 92%.
Parents who visit websites with their children is at 72%.
Those who use filters or blocking software run to 58%.
Parents who used a site recommendation from other parents is 52%.
Forty - eight percent of parents used and received sites from teachers at school.
So my thought is perhaps when children think they are not being monitored, they actually are being monitored.
Computer Information Survey by Ida M. Rounds
Computer Information Survey
By Ida M. Rounds
I. Introduction.
This survey was given to improve the modern Literacy knowledge of how students use Computers and the Internet. Using this survey information should be helpful in guiding the teachers’ instruction. It is hopeful that students will be encouraged to use educational sites in their homes as well as for recreational purposes. It has been found that using computers is highly motivating for students because they can research, practice fun math, and work at their own level and pace.
The survey was given between March 4, 2008 to March 6, 2008 to two fourth grade classes and to one sixth grade class. Two teachers administered the survey to Classes A and C. One Paraprofessional administered the survey to Class B. Instructions were given so students would know that the skill questions referred to Word Document.
The charts that were used for the test are described. There are individual raw score sheets for each class. Then these have been combined into a chart titled Survey of Three Classes which has each class listed and their percentages for yes or no. Then the average of the three classes is given. The raw scores were converted to percentages because each class had a different number of students. If a student did not answer a question, it was not counted. Percentage numbers were rounded up if it went to the hundredth’s place.
If you wish to see the Raw score sheets, E-mail mamie@uwyo.edu and I will mail them directly to you.
II. Survey Analysis
In analyzing the data, some responses have been combined.
A. Computer, Printer, & Internet – Statements - 1,2,3, 18
Forty-eight out of sixty (80%) of students surveyed have computers at home. Twelve percent less or only 68% have printers available to use. Only 60% of the classmates have internet services which is 20% less than the number of computers used. Twenty-seven percent said that they use the county library computers. Are these the students who did not have computers or Internet at home?
B. E-mail, Blog, My Space, & Search Engine – 4,5,6,7,10,13
Approximately one-third (32%) of the students have their own E-mail while the parents’ E-mail use is at 73%. This shows a difference of 41%.
Class A and Class C families do not Blog at all while Class B families members blogged at 26%. Only one student in Class A indicated he blogged. The total average for all three classes was 9% for families and 2% for the student. I would be interested to check with this student to see how he uses the blog.
Regarding the “My Space Site”, 17% of all the children said they used it which is surprising because this site is for sixteen years old or older to sign onto. Is there a children’s “My Space” Site? This would be interesting to look into further.
Although all the children should be familiar with different Search Engines, I believe that they were not knowledgeable about the term used. For me that explains the low 26% score. Some teaching could be done regarding that term. Yahooligan is supposed to be a safe site for children. There are other safe sites for children available. Teach children how to back out of a bad site.
C. Driver’s License & Safety – 9,11,19
One hundred percent of the students in all three classes do not have a Internet Driver’s License. Some schools require Safety Training for a couple of weeks before issuing student licenses. Individual classroom teachers and parents must be doing the training regarding safety because the average score (85%) was obtained by Class A, B, and C. But discouraging are the 74% of all the students who said they could use the computer Internet without parent supervision.
D. Tutorial & Hardware - 12, 17
Students use of the computer tutorial was poor at an average rate of 10% for all three classes. Some computer tutorials give information on the Hardware. Sixty-one percent of the students felt knowledgeable about the components.
E. Internet Shopping - 16
It was not surprising to me that only 26% of the student’s & parents buy items on the Internet.
F. Games - 14,15
Seventy percent of Class B play video games on the computer compared to lesser numbers for Class A (42%) and Class C (48%). Then for the Internet Games on the computer, Class A had 74%, Class B had 70%, and Class C had 81%. The average of all classes for the Internet games was 75% while it was 53% for the Video games.
It appears that 25% do not play games on the Internet. These children must not consider the math activities they do in the computer lab as games. It has been noticed that all the students appear to be very motivated and interested in the educational sites that they participate in especially for math.
G. Keyboarding and Other Word Document Skills – 8,12,20,21,22,23
This is the students’ self-evaluation of some of their Word Document skills.
I was quite surprised that for Word Document skills the students did not all score one hundred percent because these children are capable of performing the skills that were listed. Was this because they did not understand the terminology? Did they really not know how to do those features?
The average for all the classes for open, save, and print was 74%. Again 74% of the students can use bold print. Eighty percent of the students are able to select the print size. Even more at 88% of the classes can double-space lines. My question here is do they hit “enter” button twice or go to the menu and locate it there?
Finally, I see that only 55% are able to bookmark the address and save it. This should be one hundred percent for all of the classes. I am certain that student’s bookmark items when they are writing their research reports. Again it could be they did not understand what bookmark an address meant.
On the self-evaluation of their keyboarding skills, 75% felt that they did well. At the beginning of fourth grade, both classes are taught these skills. At times children coming new into the district do not have these skills so it is difficult to get them caught up with the class.
H. Search the Web at School - 25
This main topic is about the interest of the students in using computers to find information at school on the Web. Children responded to statements with a written answer.
H1. Class A
At school Class A had 18 responses of “No” they not do search the Web at school. One student made no response at all.
H.2 Class B
Fifteen students said they searched the Web at school for information on Mountain Men while the total should actually be twenty as they all did it.
Academic items searched for were: math (3), reading, fun.rice (2), vocabulary, Jungle Math, and history.
H.3 Class C
This class had twenty-one responses regarding searching the Web at school.
There was a “no” response from two students whom don’t know how to search the Web. Two other students did not respond to the statement. Another child didn’t know if he searched the Web or not. One pupil reported he looks up anything he has to.
Academic items searched for at school include: stem cells, book clubs, math, school work, research project (4), Report on Mexico, looking up words (2) and work. Other children indicated they hunted for the Baseball Hall of Fame and games (2). Three students listed Google as a site to examine.
Even though Class C did not report this, it could be assumed that most students have searched for information for research reports and math games on the computer.
I. Search the Web at Home - 26
This section addresses the interests of students’ use of the Web at home. Again, they responded by writing about their interests.
I.1 Class A
While searching the Web at home, a child looked for video game sites and regular game sites. One student hunted for Bath and Body Works while another looked for pets. Nick.Com was listed as a site to search.
Ten students indicated that they do not search the Web at home. Some did not tell what they had examined but gave answers such as “sometimes (1)” or “yes” (3).
I.2 Class B
For Class B, the greatest use for the home computer included Web searches for games (7). Two children looked for game cheats.
Academic items explored were Mountain Men (2) and a math games (2). Music and Music videos were examined on the Web. One child hunted for information on cats and another on Godzilla. A father assigned his son the task of searching the Web for him.
The last responses varied from exploring “nothing (2)” to “anything I want to search for”. Two students could not search because of lack of computers or the Web Internet.
I.3 Class C
In Class C a limited number of students made responses to “what I search for at home”. Twelve made no response. Some would like to view My Space and Yahoo games. Three children searched for “lots of things”. One child likes to look for new Web sites while another looks for wall paper.
J. What I Want to Learn About Computers or the Internet. - 27
This is section is to help direct teachers to their children’s’ interest so adjustments can made. Children are more motivated to learn if they are able to locate the information they want and need.
J.1 Class A
One child desired information about how to locate games. Two children wanted to know about the computer Internet and how to get Internet services. Last of all, one child needed information on the computer’s parts.
J.2 Class B
Class B gave an astounding amount of information they would like to learn about computers or the Internet service.
Much of the responses covered computer skills and the internet service (16).
Listed here are some of these topics: get a Web site, get My Space, get a Blog, get on E-mail, how to get a password, how to keyboard, how to make bold, save a file (2), know computer parts (2), about the hard drive and what the computer wires do, how to repair a computer, how to get an Internet License, and how to find information.
Some students indicated they wanted to search for Christopher Columbus, Lewis & Clark, and Tom Brady. Other topics they desired to learn about are dogs, cats (2), food, math, wars, games (2) and the Titian’s location.
J.3 Class C
Class C had some very thoughtful responses regarding what they wanted to learn. Two children wanted to learn keyboarding. One child needed knowledge about “what is a ram and gigabyte”, “how to create a Web page”, and “how to place pictures into power point”. Other answers were: what the parts do, digital music, board and history games, and Update on Sports.
Four children did not want to learn anything from the computer. The last two responses were to “learn lots of things” and “it’s something I do.”
K. Summary
This survey was given to assist teachers in gaining knowledge about the student’s use of computers and the internet. It is noted that a high number of students (80%) have computers at home. Teachers are able to contact 60% of the families that have E-mail at home to foster better home – school communications.
I was pleased to ascertain that 85% of the students felt they knew the safety rules. Concern is warranted for the 74% who surf the Web without supervision at home. They are supervised at school when on the computers.
Not many parents or students blog. No student has an Internet License. A very low 10% know how to use the tutorial.
Students believe that their computer skills and keyboarding are at a high average level.
Finally, this survey gave me new insights that I should be able to use in the classroom to improve the students’ computer and Internet Skills.
L. Self- Evaluation
The data gained should be useable by the teachers. I feel that it will be helpful to guide study in the use of the computers and the internet
There are some improvements on the survey form that I would make if I did it again. The statement would be placed in a different order. For the “Word Document Skills” I would list those under that heading. The “My Space” statement would not be used.
Finally, on the statement “I know how to double space”, I would add “using the menu”.
M. Future
The next step is to share the survey forms and the report with the class instructor, the classroom teachers, and the principal of my school. After that I will be able to check specific weaknesses, strengths, and interests for the class I work with to be able to assist those children to gain the knowledge that they need regarding Computer and Internet Services.
By Ida M. Rounds
I. Introduction.
This survey was given to improve the modern Literacy knowledge of how students use Computers and the Internet. Using this survey information should be helpful in guiding the teachers’ instruction. It is hopeful that students will be encouraged to use educational sites in their homes as well as for recreational purposes. It has been found that using computers is highly motivating for students because they can research, practice fun math, and work at their own level and pace.
The survey was given between March 4, 2008 to March 6, 2008 to two fourth grade classes and to one sixth grade class. Two teachers administered the survey to Classes A and C. One Paraprofessional administered the survey to Class B. Instructions were given so students would know that the skill questions referred to Word Document.
The charts that were used for the test are described. There are individual raw score sheets for each class. Then these have been combined into a chart titled Survey of Three Classes which has each class listed and their percentages for yes or no. Then the average of the three classes is given. The raw scores were converted to percentages because each class had a different number of students. If a student did not answer a question, it was not counted. Percentage numbers were rounded up if it went to the hundredth’s place.
If you wish to see the Raw score sheets, E-mail mamie@uwyo.edu and I will mail them directly to you.
II. Survey Analysis
In analyzing the data, some responses have been combined.
A. Computer, Printer, & Internet – Statements - 1,2,3, 18
Forty-eight out of sixty (80%) of students surveyed have computers at home. Twelve percent less or only 68% have printers available to use. Only 60% of the classmates have internet services which is 20% less than the number of computers used. Twenty-seven percent said that they use the county library computers. Are these the students who did not have computers or Internet at home?
B. E-mail, Blog, My Space, & Search Engine – 4,5,6,7,10,13
Approximately one-third (32%) of the students have their own E-mail while the parents’ E-mail use is at 73%. This shows a difference of 41%.
Class A and Class C families do not Blog at all while Class B families members blogged at 26%. Only one student in Class A indicated he blogged. The total average for all three classes was 9% for families and 2% for the student. I would be interested to check with this student to see how he uses the blog.
Regarding the “My Space Site”, 17% of all the children said they used it which is surprising because this site is for sixteen years old or older to sign onto. Is there a children’s “My Space” Site? This would be interesting to look into further.
Although all the children should be familiar with different Search Engines, I believe that they were not knowledgeable about the term used. For me that explains the low 26% score. Some teaching could be done regarding that term. Yahooligan is supposed to be a safe site for children. There are other safe sites for children available. Teach children how to back out of a bad site.
C. Driver’s License & Safety – 9,11,19
One hundred percent of the students in all three classes do not have a Internet Driver’s License. Some schools require Safety Training for a couple of weeks before issuing student licenses. Individual classroom teachers and parents must be doing the training regarding safety because the average score (85%) was obtained by Class A, B, and C. But discouraging are the 74% of all the students who said they could use the computer Internet without parent supervision.
D. Tutorial & Hardware - 12, 17
Students use of the computer tutorial was poor at an average rate of 10% for all three classes. Some computer tutorials give information on the Hardware. Sixty-one percent of the students felt knowledgeable about the components.
E. Internet Shopping - 16
It was not surprising to me that only 26% of the student’s & parents buy items on the Internet.
F. Games - 14,15
Seventy percent of Class B play video games on the computer compared to lesser numbers for Class A (42%) and Class C (48%). Then for the Internet Games on the computer, Class A had 74%, Class B had 70%, and Class C had 81%. The average of all classes for the Internet games was 75% while it was 53% for the Video games.
It appears that 25% do not play games on the Internet. These children must not consider the math activities they do in the computer lab as games. It has been noticed that all the students appear to be very motivated and interested in the educational sites that they participate in especially for math.
G. Keyboarding and Other Word Document Skills – 8,12,20,21,22,23
This is the students’ self-evaluation of some of their Word Document skills.
I was quite surprised that for Word Document skills the students did not all score one hundred percent because these children are capable of performing the skills that were listed. Was this because they did not understand the terminology? Did they really not know how to do those features?
The average for all the classes for open, save, and print was 74%. Again 74% of the students can use bold print. Eighty percent of the students are able to select the print size. Even more at 88% of the classes can double-space lines. My question here is do they hit “enter” button twice or go to the menu and locate it there?
Finally, I see that only 55% are able to bookmark the address and save it. This should be one hundred percent for all of the classes. I am certain that student’s bookmark items when they are writing their research reports. Again it could be they did not understand what bookmark an address meant.
On the self-evaluation of their keyboarding skills, 75% felt that they did well. At the beginning of fourth grade, both classes are taught these skills. At times children coming new into the district do not have these skills so it is difficult to get them caught up with the class.
H. Search the Web at School - 25
This main topic is about the interest of the students in using computers to find information at school on the Web. Children responded to statements with a written answer.
H1. Class A
At school Class A had 18 responses of “No” they not do search the Web at school. One student made no response at all.
H.2 Class B
Fifteen students said they searched the Web at school for information on Mountain Men while the total should actually be twenty as they all did it.
Academic items searched for were: math (3), reading, fun.rice (2), vocabulary, Jungle Math, and history.
H.3 Class C
This class had twenty-one responses regarding searching the Web at school.
There was a “no” response from two students whom don’t know how to search the Web. Two other students did not respond to the statement. Another child didn’t know if he searched the Web or not. One pupil reported he looks up anything he has to.
Academic items searched for at school include: stem cells, book clubs, math, school work, research project (4), Report on Mexico, looking up words (2) and work. Other children indicated they hunted for the Baseball Hall of Fame and games (2). Three students listed Google as a site to examine.
Even though Class C did not report this, it could be assumed that most students have searched for information for research reports and math games on the computer.
I. Search the Web at Home - 26
This section addresses the interests of students’ use of the Web at home. Again, they responded by writing about their interests.
I.1 Class A
While searching the Web at home, a child looked for video game sites and regular game sites. One student hunted for Bath and Body Works while another looked for pets. Nick.Com was listed as a site to search.
Ten students indicated that they do not search the Web at home. Some did not tell what they had examined but gave answers such as “sometimes (1)” or “yes” (3).
I.2 Class B
For Class B, the greatest use for the home computer included Web searches for games (7). Two children looked for game cheats.
Academic items explored were Mountain Men (2) and a math games (2). Music and Music videos were examined on the Web. One child hunted for information on cats and another on Godzilla. A father assigned his son the task of searching the Web for him.
The last responses varied from exploring “nothing (2)” to “anything I want to search for”. Two students could not search because of lack of computers or the Web Internet.
I.3 Class C
In Class C a limited number of students made responses to “what I search for at home”. Twelve made no response. Some would like to view My Space and Yahoo games. Three children searched for “lots of things”. One child likes to look for new Web sites while another looks for wall paper.
J. What I Want to Learn About Computers or the Internet. - 27
This is section is to help direct teachers to their children’s’ interest so adjustments can made. Children are more motivated to learn if they are able to locate the information they want and need.
J.1 Class A
One child desired information about how to locate games. Two children wanted to know about the computer Internet and how to get Internet services. Last of all, one child needed information on the computer’s parts.
J.2 Class B
Class B gave an astounding amount of information they would like to learn about computers or the Internet service.
Much of the responses covered computer skills and the internet service (16).
Listed here are some of these topics: get a Web site, get My Space, get a Blog, get on E-mail, how to get a password, how to keyboard, how to make bold, save a file (2), know computer parts (2), about the hard drive and what the computer wires do, how to repair a computer, how to get an Internet License, and how to find information.
Some students indicated they wanted to search for Christopher Columbus, Lewis & Clark, and Tom Brady. Other topics they desired to learn about are dogs, cats (2), food, math, wars, games (2) and the Titian’s location.
J.3 Class C
Class C had some very thoughtful responses regarding what they wanted to learn. Two children wanted to learn keyboarding. One child needed knowledge about “what is a ram and gigabyte”, “how to create a Web page”, and “how to place pictures into power point”. Other answers were: what the parts do, digital music, board and history games, and Update on Sports.
Four children did not want to learn anything from the computer. The last two responses were to “learn lots of things” and “it’s something I do.”
K. Summary
This survey was given to assist teachers in gaining knowledge about the student’s use of computers and the internet. It is noted that a high number of students (80%) have computers at home. Teachers are able to contact 60% of the families that have E-mail at home to foster better home – school communications.
I was pleased to ascertain that 85% of the students felt they knew the safety rules. Concern is warranted for the 74% who surf the Web without supervision at home. They are supervised at school when on the computers.
Not many parents or students blog. No student has an Internet License. A very low 10% know how to use the tutorial.
Students believe that their computer skills and keyboarding are at a high average level.
Finally, this survey gave me new insights that I should be able to use in the classroom to improve the students’ computer and Internet Skills.
L. Self- Evaluation
The data gained should be useable by the teachers. I feel that it will be helpful to guide study in the use of the computers and the internet
There are some improvements on the survey form that I would make if I did it again. The statement would be placed in a different order. For the “Word Document Skills” I would list those under that heading. The “My Space” statement would not be used.
Finally, on the statement “I know how to double space”, I would add “using the menu”.
M. Future
The next step is to share the survey forms and the report with the class instructor, the classroom teachers, and the principal of my school. After that I will be able to check specific weaknesses, strengths, and interests for the class I work with to be able to assist those children to gain the knowledge that they need regarding Computer and Internet Services.
SURVEY OF THREE CLASSES - COMPUTER INFORMATION
SURVEY OF THREE CLASSES
COMPUTER INFORMATION
Class A & B - 4th Grade Class C - 6th grade
Yes No
1. My family has a computer at home.
Response 1 Class A 79% 21% Has computer
Class B 80% 20%
Class C 81% 19%
Ave. 80% 20%
2. My family has a printer at home.
Response 2 Class A 63% 37% Has printer
Class B 70% 30%
Class C 71% 29%
Ave. 68% 32%
3. My family has Internet at home.
Response 3 Class A 63% 37% Has internet
Class B 70% 30%
Class C 48% 52%
Ave. 60% 40%
4. I have an E-mail address.
Response 4 Class A 32% 68% Student has E-mail.
Class B 20% 80%
Class C 43% 57%
Ave. 32% 68%
5. My family has an E-mail address.
Response 5 Class A 74% 27% Family has E-mail.
Class B 84% 16%
Class C 62% 38%
Ave. 73% 27%
6. My family has a Blog Site.
Response 6 Class A 0% 100% Family has blog.
Class B 26% 74%
Class C 0% 100%
Ave. 9% 91%
7. I have a Blog Site.
Response 7 Class A 5% 95% Student has blog.
Class B 0% 100%
Class C 0% 100%
Ave. 2% 98%
8. I can book mark a Web address and save it.
Response 8 Class A 58% 42% Mark Web Address and Save
Class B 55% 45%
Class C 53% 47%
Ave. 55% 45%
9. I know safety rules for using the Internet.
Response 9 Class A 79% 21% Knows safety rules
Class B 85% 15%
Class C 90% 10%
Ave. 85% 15%
10. I have a My Space site at home.
Response 10 Class A 11% 89% Student has My Space
Class B 10% 90%
Class C 29% 71%
Ave. 17% 83%
11. I have an Internet Driver's License.
Response 11 Class A 0% 100% Has Internet Driver's License
Class B 0% 100%
Class C 0% 100%
Ave. 0% 100%
12. I know the names of the hardware parts on the computer.
Response 12 Class A 53% 47% Knows hardware names
Class B 75% 25%
Class C 55% 45%
Ave. 61% 39%
13. I know what a Search Engine is.
Response 13 Class A 5% 95% Knows what a Search Engine is
Class B 40% 60%
Class C 33% 67%
Ave. 26% 74%
14. I play my own video games on the computer.
Response 14 Class A 42% 58% Plays video games on computer
Class B 70% 30%
Class C 48% 52%
Ave. 53% 47%
15. I play Internet games on the computer.
Response 15 Class A 74% 27% Plays internet games
Class B 70% 30%
Class C 81% 19%
Ave. 75% 25%
16. My parents assist me in buying items on the internet.
Response 16 Class A 17% 83% Purchase items on Internet
Class B 26% 74%
Class C 35% 65%
Ave. 26% 74%
17. I know how to use the tutorial on the computer.
Response 17 Class A 5% 95% Able to use tutorial
Class B 20% 80%
Class C 5% 95%
Ave. 10% 90%
18. Our family uses the computers at the county library.
Response 18 Class A 21% 79% Uses computer at Co. Library
Class B 30% 70%
Class C 30% 70%
Ave. 27% 73%
19. I can be on the computer by myself without supervision.
Response 19 Class A 53% 47% No parent supervision
Class B 75% 25%
Class C 95% 5%
Ave. 74% 26%
20. I can open a file, save a file, and print a file.
Response 20 Class A 89% 11% Open, save, and print file
Class B 47% 53%
Class C 85% 15%
Ave. 74% 26%
21. I can select the print size.
Response 21 Class A 89% 11% Select print size
Class B 60% 40%
Class C 90% 10%
Ave. 80% 20%
22. I can double space the lines.
Response 22 Class A 89% 11% Double space lines
Class B 85% 15%
Class C 90% 10%
Ave. 88% 12%
23. I can make the print bold.
Response 23 Class A 79% 21% Can use bold print
Class B 53% 47%
Class C 90% 10%
Ave. 74% 26%
24. I have good keyboarding skills.
Response 24 Class A 89% 11% Has good keyboarding skills
Class B 75% 25%
Class C 60% 40%
Ave. 75% 25%
See final information regarding Responses 26 - 27 in the summary.
COMPUTER INFORMATION
Class A & B - 4th Grade Class C - 6th grade
Yes No
1. My family has a computer at home.
Response 1 Class A 79% 21% Has computer
Class B 80% 20%
Class C 81% 19%
Ave. 80% 20%
2. My family has a printer at home.
Response 2 Class A 63% 37% Has printer
Class B 70% 30%
Class C 71% 29%
Ave. 68% 32%
3. My family has Internet at home.
Response 3 Class A 63% 37% Has internet
Class B 70% 30%
Class C 48% 52%
Ave. 60% 40%
4. I have an E-mail address.
Response 4 Class A 32% 68% Student has E-mail.
Class B 20% 80%
Class C 43% 57%
Ave. 32% 68%
5. My family has an E-mail address.
Response 5 Class A 74% 27% Family has E-mail.
Class B 84% 16%
Class C 62% 38%
Ave. 73% 27%
6. My family has a Blog Site.
Response 6 Class A 0% 100% Family has blog.
Class B 26% 74%
Class C 0% 100%
Ave. 9% 91%
7. I have a Blog Site.
Response 7 Class A 5% 95% Student has blog.
Class B 0% 100%
Class C 0% 100%
Ave. 2% 98%
8. I can book mark a Web address and save it.
Response 8 Class A 58% 42% Mark Web Address and Save
Class B 55% 45%
Class C 53% 47%
Ave. 55% 45%
9. I know safety rules for using the Internet.
Response 9 Class A 79% 21% Knows safety rules
Class B 85% 15%
Class C 90% 10%
Ave. 85% 15%
10. I have a My Space site at home.
Response 10 Class A 11% 89% Student has My Space
Class B 10% 90%
Class C 29% 71%
Ave. 17% 83%
11. I have an Internet Driver's License.
Response 11 Class A 0% 100% Has Internet Driver's License
Class B 0% 100%
Class C 0% 100%
Ave. 0% 100%
12. I know the names of the hardware parts on the computer.
Response 12 Class A 53% 47% Knows hardware names
Class B 75% 25%
Class C 55% 45%
Ave. 61% 39%
13. I know what a Search Engine is.
Response 13 Class A 5% 95% Knows what a Search Engine is
Class B 40% 60%
Class C 33% 67%
Ave. 26% 74%
14. I play my own video games on the computer.
Response 14 Class A 42% 58% Plays video games on computer
Class B 70% 30%
Class C 48% 52%
Ave. 53% 47%
15. I play Internet games on the computer.
Response 15 Class A 74% 27% Plays internet games
Class B 70% 30%
Class C 81% 19%
Ave. 75% 25%
16. My parents assist me in buying items on the internet.
Response 16 Class A 17% 83% Purchase items on Internet
Class B 26% 74%
Class C 35% 65%
Ave. 26% 74%
17. I know how to use the tutorial on the computer.
Response 17 Class A 5% 95% Able to use tutorial
Class B 20% 80%
Class C 5% 95%
Ave. 10% 90%
18. Our family uses the computers at the county library.
Response 18 Class A 21% 79% Uses computer at Co. Library
Class B 30% 70%
Class C 30% 70%
Ave. 27% 73%
19. I can be on the computer by myself without supervision.
Response 19 Class A 53% 47% No parent supervision
Class B 75% 25%
Class C 95% 5%
Ave. 74% 26%
20. I can open a file, save a file, and print a file.
Response 20 Class A 89% 11% Open, save, and print file
Class B 47% 53%
Class C 85% 15%
Ave. 74% 26%
21. I can select the print size.
Response 21 Class A 89% 11% Select print size
Class B 60% 40%
Class C 90% 10%
Ave. 80% 20%
22. I can double space the lines.
Response 22 Class A 89% 11% Double space lines
Class B 85% 15%
Class C 90% 10%
Ave. 88% 12%
23. I can make the print bold.
Response 23 Class A 79% 21% Can use bold print
Class B 53% 47%
Class C 90% 10%
Ave. 74% 26%
24. I have good keyboarding skills.
Response 24 Class A 89% 11% Has good keyboarding skills
Class B 75% 25%
Class C 60% 40%
Ave. 75% 25%
See final information regarding Responses 26 - 27 in the summary.
Computer Survey - Fourth Grade Classes & Sixth Grade Class
Name_____________ Date____________
Computer Survey
Fourth Grade Classes/Sixth Grade Class
1. My family has a computer at home. Yes no
2. My family has a printer at home. Yes no
3. My family has Internet at home. Yes no
4. I have an E-mail address. Yes no
5. My family has an E-mail address. Yes no
6. My family has a Blog Site. Yes no
7. I have a Blog Site. Yes no
8. I can book mark a Web address and save it. Yes no
9. I know safety rules for using the Internet. Yes no
10. I have a My Space site at home. Yes no
11. I have an Internet Driver’s License. Yes no
12. I know the names of the hardware parts Yes no
of the computer.
13. I know what a Search Engine is. Yes no
14. I play my own video games on the Yes no
computer.
15. I play Internet games on the computer. Yes no
16. My parents assist me in buying items on the Yes no
Internet.
17. I know how to use the tutorial on the Yes no
Internet.
18. Our family uses the computers at the county Yes no
library.
19. I can be on the computer by myself without Yes no
supervision.
20. I can open a file, save a file, and print a file Yes no
21. I can select the print size. Yes no
22. I can double space the lines. Yes no
23. I can make the print bold. Yes no
24. I have good keyboarding skills. Yes no
25. I search the Web at school for__________________________
26. I search the Web at home for___________________________
27. This is what I would like to learn about computers or the Internet
services.
a._________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________
Computer Survey
Fourth Grade Classes/Sixth Grade Class
1. My family has a computer at home. Yes no
2. My family has a printer at home. Yes no
3. My family has Internet at home. Yes no
4. I have an E-mail address. Yes no
5. My family has an E-mail address. Yes no
6. My family has a Blog Site. Yes no
7. I have a Blog Site. Yes no
8. I can book mark a Web address and save it. Yes no
9. I know safety rules for using the Internet. Yes no
10. I have a My Space site at home. Yes no
11. I have an Internet Driver’s License. Yes no
12. I know the names of the hardware parts Yes no
of the computer.
13. I know what a Search Engine is. Yes no
14. I play my own video games on the Yes no
computer.
15. I play Internet games on the computer. Yes no
16. My parents assist me in buying items on the Yes no
Internet.
17. I know how to use the tutorial on the Yes no
Internet.
18. Our family uses the computers at the county Yes no
library.
19. I can be on the computer by myself without Yes no
supervision.
20. I can open a file, save a file, and print a file Yes no
21. I can select the print size. Yes no
22. I can double space the lines. Yes no
23. I can make the print bold. Yes no
24. I have good keyboarding skills. Yes no
25. I search the Web at school for__________________________
26. I search the Web at home for___________________________
27. This is what I would like to learn about computers or the Internet
services.
a._________________________________________________
b._________________________________________________
c._________________________________________________
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